Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-10
L. =. SENATOR,

At the close of Senator Camden's term
we are unable to recall any important vote
of his which we disapprOYe, but on the
other hand there is much in his record to
commend. A noticeable recent act is his
amendment and able advocacy Of the
Interstate Commerce bill to regulate
railroad charges. If his amendment be-
comes law,-and we confidently believe it
will in the next few weeks,-it will confer
more real benefit on West Virginia, save
her people vast sums, and contribute more
TO her future prosperity than any act OF
Congress since her formation. His action
i'm this is decisive answer TO
the charge that he favors mOnOpOlies over
the rights of the people. His speech upon
the tariff question was sound and practi
cal, looking to the interest of his constit-
uentS. 1t is argued against him that he is
a railroad man, and yet we find the entire
railroad interest of the country fighting his
amendment to the Interstate Commerce
bill. He is, however, in certain sense, a
railroad man. He has built 4 railroad
from Wheeling to Point Pleasant, $50 miles;
he contributed largely to the forty miles of
road from Clarksburg to BuCkhannOn; also
to what is known rs the Davis road from
Piedmont in to Tucker county.
The great bulk Of the State is as yet cut
of from railroads, and its wealth of tim
Der, salt, coal and iron ore locked up for
the one want of transportation. Senator
Camden has served the people, to say the
least, very acceptably for one term; is in
the prime of life; ready at all times to
serve his constituents ut every call; whose
whole public action indicates that he looks
to the welfare of the people; liberal and
progressive in sentiment; imbibed with the
spirit of the present and the hopes of the
future Of the State; who has associates and
business connections that have enabled
him and will enable him to do
more for the material development Of the
State, in the Senate, than any other man
that can be named; and he is decried and
| is TO be refused another term for the very
reasons that should elect him. We see no
Justice in this to public servant; worse
yet, we see positive i'll to the State at
large. We say if We put Camden out of
the Senate, we put out the man, of all 9th
| ers, most capable of furthering the mate
rial development of West Virginia. Now,
we do not mean that Camden is great
statesman, superior to others; we do not
underrate Others. We do, however, say
he is the very man of all others for the Sem
ate, looking to the material progress of the
State in railroad building and other en-
terprises. He is sound on all impor-
tant questions, conservative, safe, diligent
and of excellent Judgment. In point Of
party fidelity and service, no man out
ranks him. He was born comparatively a
poor boy in Lewis, raised poor boy in
Braxton; has come up from the brush by
his own efforts, without dollar of inner
tied wealth, by his own energy and abili-
| ty, and while he may have amassed for
tune, he has invested his means in the
development of the State. This is the only
office he has ever held under the State in
sixty years of his life and he deserves an
other term, and the State and party can
well afford to give it to him. His native
county sends a delegate to give him cor
dial support